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According to the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Sheminith. A Psalm of David.</i></SS><CP><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Save, O Yahweh, for the holy man ceases to be, <p class="indent2">For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They speak worthlessness to one another; <p class="indent2">With a flattering lip and with a double heart they speak. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, <p class="indent2">The tongue that speaks great things; <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail; <p class="indent2">Our lips are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>our own; who is lord over us?” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, <p class="indent2">Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>safety for which he <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>longs.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The words of Yahweh are pure words; <p class="indent2">As silver tried in a furnace on the ground, refined seven times. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You, O Yahweh, will keep them; <p class="indent2">You will guard him from this generation forever. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The wicked strut about on every side <p class="indent2">When <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>vileness is exalted among the sons of men.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">Title</span> Possibly an eight-string instrument or a title for a tune, cf. 1 Chr 15:21<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>with us</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Or <i>salvation</i>, cf. 12:1<br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>breathes</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>worthlessness</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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